Re: vexim not creating local delivery folders

On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 01:51:42AM +0000, Free BSD wrote:
> thanks for the response. I DID install it from the ports. And like I
> have mentioned before, did everything to the book except for the uid and
> gid. As for the paths, they are owned by the respective uid/gid -- so
> technically there should be no problem at all.
> 
> I strongly believe that it is not only you, but many many others are
> using the system without any flaw. Well, there are a few unfortunate
> ones like me who faces the trouble, and hence the mailing list.
> 
> Any other suggestion?

Hi!
I think you're experiencing something quite common.
It's both a bug and a feature, of both vexim and exim :-)
I thought I had fixed it in vexim long ago, but no-one's really
complained so I haven't worried about it :)

Vexim does not create any directories or files on the filesystem.
The directories are supposed to be created the first time a message is
sent to an account, by Exim. They won't exist until they receive the
first mail.

There was a work around which caused Vexim to send an email to new
accounts, but it hasn't worked quite right.
Try sending the account you created a new email and see if the entire
directory structure is created.

> Thanks and merry christmas to you all.

And to you!